Global food manufacturer, the Kellogg Company (Kellogg), has announced a global commitment to work with palm oil suppliers to source “fully traceable palm oil, produced in a manner that’s environmentally responsible, socially ...
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Rocky Brands, Inc. announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. Fourth Quarter 2013 Sales and Income Fourth quarter net sales increased 5.7% to $61.6 million, which included zero revenue ...
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Universal Truckload Services Inc. said its net income rose in both the fourth quarter of 2013 and the full year. Profit in the fourth quarter grew to $11.3 million, or 38 cents a share, from $2.5 million, or 8 cents, a year earlier, ...
The 3PL Show has assembled a comprehensive educational program across a two-day event. All sessions in the Spotlight Learning Exchanges are free, where visitors will learn from an extensive panel of experts in a relaxed environment. ...
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In July last year, Domino Printing Sciences launched a fast-drying ink to accommodate the newly released EU Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) and US legislation. "Under the legislation pharmaceutical product will be authenticated at the ...
UPS® (NYSE: UPS) today announced it has completed the purchase of U.K.-based Polar Speed, an innovative provider of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical supply chain solutions in the U.K. The acquisition further strengthens UPS's ...
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When it comes to storing energy on the grid, giant batteries are the only game in town. Now, a number of companies are building mechanical systems that use air as the storage medium. U.K.-based Highview Power Storage last week said that ...
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03 Feb 2014 APPMA and the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) are taking submissions for the sixth annual scholarship program. Now is the time to do more than dream about what a Diploma in Packaging Technology will do for your career. ...
Tags: APPMA, AIP, Credentials, Packaging Technology
10 Feb 2014 Honeywell's Vocollect has found an ally. Voice Interface Design's VoiceID Connector software makes voice-directed warehousing as straightforward and as fast as possible. The Voice Interface Design software is able to rapidly ...
Tags: ERP, WMS, Voice, Packaging Warehouse
The revitalization of the non-mineral economy is headed by manufacturing is the new Australian government's important policy goals. The federal government is hard working to strengthen the interaction with the state sector, activate the ...
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Generally, supply chain managers agree that the right talent is some combination of technical skills, industry-specific understanding, real-world business experience, and various soft skills. Finding those candidates can be a challenge ...
John Blackburn, the managing director at Twyford Bathrooms in the UK, will leave his position in April to take on the managing director role at Coram Group UK. Blackburn has spent 15 years with the Sanitec brand, and held the ...
Victoria University has a big act to follow. At last year’s IAPRI World Packaging Conference, a record 170 delegates from 24 countries were represented. There were 93 presentations for the oral and poster categories, produced by some ...
Tags: environmental performance of packaging, packaging ecodesign tool
Sedex is a not for profit membership organisation dedicated to driving improvements in ethical and responsible business practices in global supply chains. As the largest collaborative platform for sharing ethical supply chain data, Sedex ...
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No Comments In November/December last year BOSS talked to the heads of dealer groups and many of the key manufacturers in the UK about holding a single UK supplier event. As expected, the views were quite polarised with healthy debate on ...